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ELIJAH MILES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – December 11, 1968
Service recordElijah Miles JR, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; nine of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 4
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- JOHN CLARENCE LIVERMANLance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- WENCESLAO ROSAS MATIAS JRCorporal · December 11, 1968
- RONALD ANTHONY OSINSKIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 84
- JAKE EDWARD HURSTSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 3
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ALEXANDER POZMANN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RALPH EDWARD ROACHSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RONALD M ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- HERMAN FRANCIS RUBINPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 8
- EUGENE WALTERSSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 8
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.